ArticleBMJ open2024
Air pollution and human health: a phenome-wide association study.
Article in BMJ open, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Air pollution exposure and cataract outcomes: a systematic review and pollutant-specific meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Public knowledge of air pollution sources and its health effects: a 2025 cross-sectional survey on a representative sample of adults in Poland.BMC public health · 2025Article
- The impact of prolonged air pollution exposure on urinary tract and male reproductive system infections: insights from a large-scale prospective cohort study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Global, regional, and national burden of cataract: A comprehensive analysis and projections from 1990 to 2021.PloS one · 2025Article
- Associations of long-term nitrogen dioxide exposure with a wide spectrum of diseases: a prospective cohort study of 0·5 million Chinese adults.The Lancet. Public health · 2024Article
- Is Pollution the Primary Driver of Infectious Syndemics?Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Enhancing cardiovascular patients' knowledge of air pollution: a pilot study evaluating the impact of an educational intervention in cardiac rehabilitation.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2024Article
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9 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
objectivesTo explore the associations of long-term exposure to air pollution with onset of all human health conditions.
designProspective phenome-wide association study.
settingDenmark.
participantsAll Danish residents aged ≥30 years on 1 January 2000 were included (N=3 323 612). After exclusion of individuals with missing geocoded residential addresses, 3 111 988 participants were available for the statistical analyses.
main outcome measureFirst registered diagnosis of every health condition according to the International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision, from 2000 to 2017.
resultsLong-term exposure to fine particulate matter (PM
conclusionsThe findings of this study suggest that air pollution has a more extensive impact on human health than previously known. However, as this study is the first of its kind to investigate the associations of long-term exposure to air pollution with onset of all human health conditions, further research is needed to replicate the study findings.
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